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If you have Word installed, Vista's Windows Mail will use that for a spell checker. If you have the right version of MS Office, you could also use Outlook for mail. Another possibility is Thunderbird which you can download from mozilla.org, it has a spell checker. I currently have Windows Live Mail installed on my Vista system, so maybe you just need to try downloading Windows Live Mail? I know MS has changed the name of Windows Live Essentials to just Windows Essentials, for whatever that's worth.

Good luck.

Edited by wpgwpg, 24 July 2014 - 02:22 PM.

Everyone with a computer should back his system up to an external hard drive regularly.

This may seem odd, but one of the suggestion to restart the spell check is to go to Tools, then Languages. Change the language and restart the computer, then reset the language back to the original language and restart the computer.

I have one computer running Windows 7 and one running Windows 8, so I can't test this method. Furthermore, I don't use a Windows email client on either computer.

You mentioned Google Chrome and Firefox, these are browsers, not email clients. Mozilla is the company who created FireFox, their email client is Thunderbird.

Family and loved ones will always be a priority in my daily life. You never know when one will leave you.

If you have Word installed, Vista's Windows Mail will use that for a spell checker. If you have the right version of MS Office, you could also use Outlook for mail. Another possibility is Thunderbird which you can download from mozilla.org, it has a spell checker. I currently have Windows Live Mail installed on my Vista system, so maybe you just need to try downloading Windows Live Mail? I know MS has changed the name of Windows Live Essentials to just Windows Essentials, for whatever that's worth.

Good luck.

I know this as I tried to get Windows live a few times but every time, I tried the site tells me Windows Live can no longer be Installed In Vista. I am aware of Thunder Bird, but I see too many negative posts on CNet and it is full of Bloatware. I do not have word but I am considering paying for one. Thanks for the reply.

This may seem odd, but one of the suggestion to restart the spell check is to go to Tools, then Languages. Change the language and restart the computer, then reset the language back to the original language and restart the computer.

I have one computer running Windows 7 and one running Windows 8, so I can't test this method. Furthermore, I don't use a Windows email client on either computer.

You mentioned Google Chrome and Firefox, these are browsers, not email clients. Mozilla is the company who created FireFox, their email client is Thunder bird.

Oh wow ! I tried the Tools - Options - Language. thing first - It did not work. I did that several times too. I

know Google and Firefox are browsers (But Gmail and Thunderbird are not). I do not like either anyway.

I tried both. I may have to Bite the Bullet and just get Gmail. I loved my Windows mail. It was fast and

sleek and worked well, just that darn problem with the Spell checker. I wish I could use a third party spell

checker (like IESpell or OESpell). Next I will delete it and reinstall it... I miss Outlook express in my old XP.

I will use Vista ntil 2016 then buy a new system and new OS... Windows 9 or 10. I did know all that. I'm

not a newbie I have been using Windows nightmares starting with Windows 95, or maybe the Linux is the

way to go. I also read somewhere that if I roll back my IE 9 to IE 8. It may be able to resolve it (Just watch

what I get in the monthly Updates, A tech told me to remove Sliverlight. I did but no fix again. That is my

only problem - all else is great. Nowl ately sometimes, it works, sometimes it does not. The latter is more. Maybe depends which way the wind is Blowing ? But Thanks for your time. Take Care...